For sure they'll cry "political harassment." Still crony companies of the departing Aquino regime must be punished. In food, mining, and transport they make life miserable for consumers, farmers, Lumad, and train commuters. They owe blood debts, have plundered tens of billions of pesos, and corrupted state regulators. The electorate has voted to stop them. It's up to the incoming Duterte admin to exact justice. Foremost of the cronies is SR Metals Inc. For 10 years now people of Agusan del Norte, in Mindanao's Pacific coast, have been decrying its destructive nickel mining. The Aquino regime ignores them, as SR Metals financed its presidential bids in 2010 and 2016. Behind the firm are Eric Gutierrez and Liberal Party spokesman Rep. Edgar Erice. President-elect Rody Duterte has the dossier from the Philippine National Police.
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